Posted by Peter Cross on December 15, 2013 at 12:32 AM
I picked this tidbit up from the BBC about a new computer being installed at a Univ. in the UK. The Iridis4 has 12,200 processors each of which can perform a trillion calculations per second (teraflop). The machine has a million gigabytes of disk space and 50 terabytes of memory. Should be able to handle anything in PS I would think. Only downsides are it takes up a lot of space and costs 3.2m pounds. Close to $5 million US. But you would rule your neighborhood.
Posted by Genny K. on December 17, 2013 at 10:17 AM
I don't think it would fit in my office.
Posted by David Bostedo on December 17, 2013 at 11:42 PM
That's pretty cool, but there are some absolutely insane computers out there. You have to remember that these types of computers are rack after rack of separate boxes; They're really big systems taking huge mounts of space.
The biggest currently is Tianhe-2 at the National University of Defense Technology in China. It has almost 1400 Terabytes of memory, and 48000 multicore processors (3.2 MILLION cores).
You can see a full list of the top 500 supercomputers here.
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2 repliesThe biggest currently is Tianhe-2 at the National University of Defense Technology in China. It has almost 1400 Terabytes of memory, and 48000 multicore processors (3.2 MILLION cores).
You can see a full list of the top 500 supercomputers here.